Personal conflict between two newly elected Democrats briefly escalated into public view. An attempt to remove one from county office came in the background of university, state and federal impeachment attempts.
Hays County District Attorney Kelly Higgins is being targeted by a fellow Democrat under a new state law Republicans crafted to remove"rogue" prosecutors from office., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Anderson filed a petition to remove Higgins from office earlier this month. Using the new provision HB 17 created, Anderson alleges Higgins has refused to prosecute low-level drug offenses. The allegations are based onin 2022 to not prosecute minor marijuana-related offenses, as well as violations of the state’s strict abortion ban.
But the instigator of the Hays County petition, Anderson, saw it as a means to remove an official who he aligns with on policy but found difficult to work with. Higgins declined to comment on pending litigation but said his office does not have any policies about the non-prosecution of any type of crime.
“We cannot continue to spend taxpayer funds to pursue every offense without regard for its seriousness and danger to the community,” HigginsDemocrats have a slim majority in Hays County — 54.4% of voters cast a ballot for Biden in the 2020 presidential election. In 2022, HigginsHiggins planned to redirect resources away from prosecuting substance use and toward community groups providing treatment options, according to his campaign website, which was still up at the time the petition was filed.
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